Box Score HANOVER, Ind. – Hanover (1-1 overall) shot past Wilmington on Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at Alumni Stadium, 23-2.
 
Sophomore Colin O'Brien (Somers, Conn.) led the attack with a game-high five goals. Junior Alex Kleinhelter (Fishers, Ind.) netted four goals while sophomore Ethan Abdoo (Bloomingon, Ind.), junior Owen Parker (O'Fallon, Mo.) and senior Zach Stone (Elizabethtown, Ky.) all charted hat tricks.
 
The Panthers scored early and often in the contest as Colin O'Brien opened the scoring with back-to-back blows before junior Owen Parker entered the scores column at the 9:49 mark, 3-0. The outburst continued as junior Alex Kleinhelter found the back of the net finishing with two first period goals, 6-0.
 
In the second frame, O'Brien captured the hat trick when sophomore Ethan Abdoo found his first goal of the afternoon. Kleinhelter netted his third strike to help propel Hanover into the intermission leading 11-0.
 
The second half saw Wilmington end their scoreless drought as they were able to find the back of the net at the 12:13 point, 11-1. But Hanover quickly crushed the momentum with O'Brien netting his fourth goal of the contest. Senior Nick Adams (Greenwood, Ind.) entered the scores column with 9:49 remaining in the third frame followed by senior Will Slover (Versailles, Ky.) seconds later for the commanding 14-1 lead.
 
Senior Zach Stone and senior Cole Finley (Louisa, Va.) netted goals later in the period as they pushed the lead to 16-1. Abdoo completed the hat trick with 2:32 remaining giving HC the commanding 17-1 difference.
 
The rest was history with the Panthers tacking on five fourth quarter goals claiming the dominate 23-2 victory.
 
Hanover returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 24 when they host Concordia University (Wis.) at 2:00 PM.